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Comment on Deciphering American Empire: #1 by The Look of Empire | Hunt the Devil https://huntthedevil.wordpress.com/2016/02/09/deciphering-american-empire-no-1/comment-page-1/#comment-1798
Tue, 08 Jan 2019 22:01:34 +0000http://huntthedevil.wordpress.com/?p=1380#comment-1798[…] to most Americans and inconsistent with the nation’s self-image, as I’ve discussed in a previous post. So the myth […]

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Comment on No Pity for the Kitty (Part 1 of 3) by No Pity for the Kitty (Part 2 of 3) | Hunt the Devil https://huntthedevil.wordpress.com/2018/10/23/no-pity-for-the-kitty-part-1-of-3/comment-page-1/#comment-1609
Tue, 06 Nov 2018 22:00:56 +0000http://huntthedevil.wordpress.com/?p=2773#comment-1609[…] Don’t. Ever. Pity. The Very Rich. […]

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Comment on Last of the Cold War Warriors by Jeffrey A Leonard https://huntthedevil.wordpress.com/2018/08/28/last-of-the-cold-war-warriors/comment-page-1/#comment-1394
Wed, 29 Aug 2018 16:14:56 +0000http://huntthedevil.wordpress.com/?p=2765#comment-1394Thank you , Oscar, for this eloquent response to the passing of John McCain. To employ the language of Jose Martí in this essay, made my day.
Donald Hall, the former poet laureate of the United States wrote, “Contradiction is the cellular structure of life.” McCain was a paragon of this
observation and made him beloved and disliked by equal measure.

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Comment on Trust Me by Jawad Naseer https://huntthedevil.wordpress.com/2018/02/20/trust-me/comment-page-1/#comment-1350
Fri, 20 Jul 2018 14:46:12 +0000http://huntthedevil.wordpress.com/?p=2676#comment-1350lenco armored vehicles are excellent apc’s, I have seen them down in Iraq and various other battle fields, I love the front gril, it has its own uniqueness just like bmw front kidney grils.

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Comment on Democratic Counterpoint by robertivie https://huntthedevil.wordpress.com/2018/06/12/democratic-counterpoint/comment-page-1/#comment-1340
Sun, 17 Jun 2018 13:48:40 +0000http://huntthedevil.wordpress.com/?p=2733#comment-1340Thank you, Jeff, for your continuing engagement with this blog. I think a new social contract that is democratic in spirit and practice should feature dissent of a kind that resists injustices and promotes deliberation across political divisions. We need an alternative to the mindset of political warfare. Unfortunately, as you observe, this essential tenet of democracy is not exemplified by the current leadership. Bob

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Comment on Democratic Counterpoint by Jeffrey Leonard https://huntthedevil.wordpress.com/2018/06/12/democratic-counterpoint/comment-page-1/#comment-1316
Thu, 14 Jun 2018 16:13:30 +0000http://huntthedevil.wordpress.com/?p=2733#comment-1316Another exceptional post, Robert. Not a day goes by that the dark possibilities
of what this crisis to our democracy might involve. Historically, as a people, we have always done best when challenged. However, we have never been faced with a leader at the helm who so openly degrades the essential tenets of our democracy. Your work and Oscar’s gives voice to what will have to be a new social contract.

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Comment on Our Undemocratic War Machine by Jeffrey Leonard https://huntthedevil.wordpress.com/2018/04/24/our-undemocratic-war-machine/comment-page-1/#comment-1204
Thu, 26 Apr 2018 03:08:19 +0000http://huntthedevil.wordpress.com/?p=2707#comment-1204When Credence Clearwater Revival performed “Fortunate Son” nearly 50 years ago, they were singing for many vets who found themselves in the following situation:
“Some folks inherit star spangled eyes
Ooh, they send you down to war, Lord
And when you ask them, ‘How much
should we give?’
Ooh, they only answer C’mon! More!
More! Yo”
This past January, I celebrated my 50th anniversary of release from the People’s Army of the United States, drafted during LBJ’s big buildup to provide “replacements”. Fifty years later, we are still dealing with veterans
wrestling with demons and afflicted
with service-induced medical ailments,
the war’s toll continues to mount.
As John K. Fairbank wrote over 43
years ago regarding the end of the Vietnam War: “Now we are out, and still ignorant, even of the depth of our ignorance.”
Thank you, Bob, for your incisive remarks regarding this issue and the
light you provide.